Rubber overshoe



(No Model.) O. P. GILLET.

RUBBER OVERSHOE. N0 280,603. r Patented July 3, 1883.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OEFIcE.

CHARLES F. GILLEI, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

RUBBER OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,603, dated July 3,188?.

Application filed April 11, 1883. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. GILLET, of Springfield, in the county ofSangamon, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain newv anduseful Improvements in Oyershoes; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, i

which Figure l is a perspective view of my improved shoe as preferablyconstructed; and Fig. 2 is a like view of the same, showing a slightchange in the'position of the elastic gore.

Letters of like name and'kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to cause india-rubber overshoes to conformmore perfectly to the feet of their wearer, and to be firmly heldthereon, while capable of being easily placed over-or'removed from thefeet; and to this end said invention consists in an overshoe having itscounter above the,heel drawn forward to embrace the rear portion of theankle, and provided within each side with an elastic gore, substantiallyas and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the use of rubber overshoes much difficulty has heretofore beenexperienced in cansing the shoes to adhere sufficiently to the feet toprevent them from being removed while passing through mud, and manydevices have been employed and various constructions of the shoes usedfor the purpose of overcoming such objections.

In my shoe A the fore part has any usual form; but at its back end thecounter a, above of the heel c, as shown by line as :10 of said figure,and causes no unusual strain to be thrown upon the front portion of theshoe; but by slightly changing the location of said gore, as seen inFig. 2, the line of draft may be caused to extend from the upper portionof said counter to the toe of said shoe, as shown by line 2 z of saidlast-named figure. By use of the elastic gores (15 it thus becomespracticable to draw forward the counter a to any desired point necessaryto cause the shoe to adhere firmly to the foot of the wearer, whilewithout said gores any appreciable drawing forward of said counterrenders very difficult the putting on or removal of the shoes, and it isimpracticable to use the latter when said counter has been drawn forwardsufficiently to cause it to afford any protection against accidentaldisplacement.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new 1s A rubber overshoe having its counter above the heelinclined forward to embrace the rear portion of the ankle, and providedon each side with an elastic gore adapted to keep the counter normallydrawn forward into its inclined position, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this2d day of April,

1 CHARLES F. GILLET. \Vitnesses:

I. K. BRADLEY, WM. D. CARPENTER.

